Literature

There are a range of resources and literature on The 7 Habits for use at school and home, for both children and adults. To buy any of the following books, please visit the Franklin Covey website! We also have a list of recommended books that link to the 7 Habits below.

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Children's Books

Habit 1: Just the way I am                             Habit 2: When I grow up

       Habit 3: A place for everything

Adult Books

                      Suggested 7 Habits Book List

Foundational Principles

• The Empty Pot—Demi
• Ruby the Copycat—Peggy Rathman
• Character Education—McGraw-Hill Children Publishing
• Hi New Baby—Robie H. Harris
• How Leo Learned to Be King—Marcus Pfister
• Somebody Loves you, Mr. Hatch—Eileen Spinelli
• Oops, Sorry—Richard Morgan
• The Falling Leaves and the Scarecrow—Steve Metzger
• The Cap—Frank Shaffer
• Building Moral Intelligence—Michelle Borba
• Eggbert, The Slightly Cracked Egg—Tom Ross &Rex Baron
• One Smile—Cindy McKinley
• Chicken Soup for Little Souls--The Goodness Gorillas—Lisa McCourt

Habit 1:  Be Proactive

• Oh the Places You’ll Go—Dr. Seuss
• My Many Colored Days—Dr. Seuss
• Willy the Wimp—Anthony Browne
• Hatchett—Gary Paulsen
• When I Feel Angry—Cornelia Maude Spelman
• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day”-Judith Viors
• The Recess Queen-- Alexis O'Neill
• Don’t Laugh At Me -- Steven Seskin
• I Like Myself!  By Karen Beaumont
• The Pout-Pout Fish-- Deborah Diesen
• Inch by Inch—Leo Lionni
• Amazing Grace—Mary Hoffman

Habit 2:  Begin with the End in Mind

• Chicken Little
• Wake Up Henry Rooster
• The Great Serum Race—Debbie S. Miller
• Song: Listen Before You Leave—Fred Penner on Happy Feet CD
• The Hundred Penny Box—Sharon Bill Mathis
• How We Are Smart—W. Nikola-Lia
• Miss Rumphius—Barbara Cooney
• How Full is Your Bucket?
• The Carrot Seed—Ruth Krauss
• Mirette on the High Wire—Emily Arnold McCully

Habit 3:  Put First Things First

• Dear Children of the Earth—Schim Schimmel
• The Slapshot Star—Gloria Miller
• Hurry up, Franklin
• Pancakes For Breakfast—Eric Carle
• Froggy Gets Dressed—Jonathan London

Habit 4:  Think Win-Win

• Amos Steig—Amos & Boris
• Something From Nothing—Phoebe Gilman
• The Black Book of Colors—Menema Cottin-Rosana Faria
• Chrysanthemum—Kevin Henkes
• Horrible Harry’s Secret—Suzy Kline
• The Moccasin Goalie—Roy Brownridge
• Lillie’s Big Day—Kevin Henkes
• Nine Gold Medals—David Roth (Poem)
• A Box of Crayons—Shane DeRolf (Poem)
• The Legend of the Bluebonnet—Tomie DePaola
• Smoky Night—Eve Bunting
• Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse—Leo Lionni

Habit 5:  Seek First to Understand and To Be Understood

• The Island of the Skog—Steven Kellogg
• Grandfather Counts—Andrea Cheng
• It Looked Like Spilled Milk—Charles Shaw
• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs—Jon Scieszka
• Alejandro’s Gift—R.E. Albert

Habit 6:  Synergize

• Chicken Sunday—Patricia Polacco
• The Biggest Snowman Ever—Steven Kroll
• The Gigantic Turnip—Aleksei Tolsoy & Niamh Sharkey
• Ox-Cart Man—Donald Hall
• Frederick—Leo Lionni

Habit 7:  Sharpen the Saw

• An Ant’s Day Off—Bonny Becker
• Incredible You—Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
• The Three Questions—Leo Tolstoy
• Owl Moon—Jane Yolen
• Henry Hikes to Fitchburg—D.B. Johnson

Other great books:

• We Are Born Free—Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• The Best Me I Can Be book package—David Parker